A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



CHAPTER I. 



CAUSES OF FAILURE. 



E who would have beautiful Roses in his garden 



must have beautiful Roses inJiis heart. He must 



love them well and always. To win, he must woo, 



as Jacob wooed Laban's daughter, though drought and frost 



consume. He must have not only the glowing admiration, 



the enthusiasm, and the passion, but the tenderness, the 



thoughtfulness, the reverence, the watchfulness of love. 



With no ephemeral caprice, like the fair young knight's, 



who loves and who rides away when his sudden fire is gone 



from the cold white ashes, the cavalier of the Rose has 



semper fidelis upon his crest and shield. He is loyal and 

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